Coney Island boardwalk

Man Found Dead Under Boardwalk – Gate Underneath An Ongoing Issue

[UPDATED: Wednesday, August 7 at 2:15pm] The NYC Parks Department provided the following statement regarding the gate beneath the Coney Island Boardwalk: “Keeping the underside of the boardwalk safe and secure is a priority for us, but in this instance, the fencing was illegally breached. We conduct weekly inspections

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Brooklyn’s Got Talent: The 10th Annual Coney Island Talent Show

CONEY ISLAND – Brooklynites of all ages will show off their creative gifts at the 10th Annual Coney Island Talent Show [https://www.facebook.com/events/402990147095065/] on Saturday, July 27. Via the Alliance for Coney IslandSideshow magician Albert Cadabra [http://www.albertcadabra.com] will host the event on the famed

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‘Sing For Hope’ Pianos Return To NYC Streets June 4 -24

Sing For Hope [http://www.singforhope.org/pianos/] returns to NYC for three weeks in June, parking 50 colorfully decorated pianos in parks and public spaces across the five boroughs to give New Yorkers a chance to tickle the ivories. Sing For Hope piano outside The Old Stone House, 336

Announcements

Come One, Come All! Coney Island Opens For The Season on Saturday

Photo courtesy of Alliance for Coney IslandConey Island officially opens this weekend for another fun-filled season of rides, games, food, concerts, fireworks, Cyclones baseball games, Cosmos soccer matches, Flicks on the Beach, and more. While all will be up and running on Saturday, the official kick-off happens on Sunday, April

Police & Fire

Red Sneakered Man Wanted For Snatching Cellphones On Coney Island Boardwalk

https://youtu.be/5h47wZw7MpE Cops are searching for a man wearing bright red sneakers, who they say is wanted for several cellphone robberies that occurred on Coney Island’s Riegelmann Boardwalk recently. In the first incident, the suspect punched a 25-year-old male victim in the face on the boardwalk and

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City Council Adopts Resolution Calling On LPC To Landmark Coney Island Boardwalk

Coney Island Boardwalk (Photo by B.Y. Lei)City Council unanimously adopted a resolution introduced by Councilman Mark Treyger and Councilman Chaim Deutsch, as well as 48 other members of the Council and Public Advocate Letitia James, calling on the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) to designate the Coney Island Riegelmann

Announcements

Treyger Invites Residents To Testify In Favor Of Landmarking Coney Island Boardwalk

Source: blhphotography via FlickrCity Councilman Mark Treyger is urging New Yorkers, and especially southern Brooklyn residents, to turn out at a City Council hearing next week and show their support for his resolution to landmark Coney Island’s Riegelmann Boardwalk. Treyger has long advocated [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2014/12/

Arts & Culture

Ariana Grande & SNL Cast Filming In Coney Island

> Some of our officers ran into @ArianaGrande [https://twitter.com/ArianaGrande] on the beach in #coneyisland [https://twitter.com/hashtag/coneyisland?src=hash] this morning pic.twitter.com/q1UfB6QdeH [https://t.co/q1UfB6QdeH] — NYPD 60th Precinct (@NYPD60Pct) March 11, 2016 [https://twitter.com/NYPD60Pct/status/708322103049719808] Visitors to Coney Island’

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Councilmembers Rally Around Effort To Landmark Riegelmann Boardwalk

Source: blhphotography via FlickrCity councilmembers are pushing back against the effort to rip up parts of Coney Island’s Reigelmann Boardwalk and replace the wood planks with recycled materials and concrete. All but one of the council’s 50 active members have signed on to support a resolution introduced by

cancer awareness

Friday: Coney Island Parachute Jump To ‘Go Gold’ For Childhood Cancer

Councilman Mark Treyger will once again team up with Zamperla and advocates — including Frankie’s Mission [http://www.frankiesmission.org/about-us/] — to host the lighting of Coney Island’s iconic Parachute Jump this Friday, September 18th to raise awareness of childhood cancer. The entire community is invited to attend the

25th anniversary

25th Annual Coney Island Sand Sculpting Contest This Saturday

A sand sculpture from last year’s competition. (Photo by Avi Salzman)Interested in looking at art but don’t want to be stuck indoors? Head to the beach at Coney Island this Saturday, August 15, where some top-tier sand sculpters, as well as a few amateur enthusiasts and their

activism

Pols Slam City’s Concrete Boardwalk Plan At Rally

Courtesy of Councilman Treyger’s officePublic Advocate Letitia James, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, and Comptroller Scott Stringer joined local politicians, community members, and activists Sunday to express their outrage at the Parks Department’s concrete makeover of the Coney Island Riegelmann Boardwalk [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2014/11/construction-begins-coney-island-boardwalk/

Amusement Park

Say Goodbye To Luna Park’s Boardwalk Flight

Flickr/dtanistIf you have not yet experienced flying across the Coney Island boardwalk harnessed to a bungee cord via Luna Park [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/tag/luna-park/]‘s Boardwalk Flight SkyCoaster, you have missed your chance. Boardwalk Flight, which was launched in the summer of 2012 as part of the

Coney Island boardwalk

Neighbor Lola Star’s Dreamland Roller Rink Coming To Prospect Park Tomorrow

Dianna Carlin, a Ditmas Park resident better known as Lola Star [http://lolastar.com/], is bringing the glitz and glamour of Coney Island to Lakeside in Prospect Park [http://www.prospectpark.org/about-prospect-park/lakeside] tomorrow, July 11. In 2008, when Carlin launched Lola Star’s Dreamland Roller Rink [http://www.

boardwalk

What Do You Think Of Choice Of Dante And Chiara De Blasio As King & Queen Of Mermaid Parade?

The 32nd Annual Mermaid Parade [http://www.coneyisland.com//programs/mermaid-parade] is just around the corner, kicking off at 1 p.m. on Saturday, June 21. Antique automobiles, wacky floats and scantily clad mermaids and mermen will roll down Surf Avenue and the boardwalk in New York City’s largest

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Spotlight On Gary Atlas, Shirtless Man Who Runs Boardwalk Every Day For Six Years And Counting

Atlas on NY1At this point, just about every resident of Southern Brooklyn’s boardwalk communities knows Gary Atlas – if not by name, then by sight. He’s the guy you see out there every morning, regardless of the weather, running shirtless and in thin shorts before taking a plunge in

Beyoncé

Beyonce’s New Coney Island Music Video, For Which She Tortured An Innocent Woman To Tears, Is Now Out

Quote the internet: ERMAHGUD! BEYONCE’S GOT A NEW MOOZAK VIDYA! Beyonce’s new Coney Island-themed music video for her song “XO” dropped on Monday, causing my news alerts to go haywire with mentions of Coney Island. So, apparently, I can’t get back to bringing you the news until

amusing the zilliion

Coney Island’s Steeplechase Pier Is Now Open!

Photo by Bruce BrodinskySteeplechase Pier, located off the boardwalk at Coney Island, reopened this week, nearly a year after sustaining significant damage following Superstorm Sandy. Amusing the Zillion reported [http://amusingthezillion.com/2013/09/30/coney-islands-steeplechase-pier-to-reopen-in-october/] earlier this week that repairs on the pier were almost completed and will open

astrotower

Coney Island History Project Remembers The Astrotower In New Video Montage

The Astrotower may be nothing more than a 5-foot stump [/astrotower-demolished/] , but Coney Island lovers will forever remember it as the swaying, 270-foot tower to the stars that it once was. NY Curbed [http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2013/07/26/remembering_coney_islands_astrotower_now_gone_for_good.php]

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FEMA To Pay For Repairs To Coney Island Boardwalk Lighting

Source: Wikimedia CommonsThe following is a press release issued last week by the offices of Senator Charles Schumer. > U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten E. Gillibrand today announced over $1 million in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funding for Superstorm Sandy-related repairs to street lighting along the Coney

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Coney’s Boardwalk Closer To A Plastic, Concrete Future

Source: Alcmaeonid via Wikimedia CommonsConey Island’s wooden boardwalk may have seen its last summer. A court decision last week puts the Parks Department one step closer to tearing out the iconic stretch of old-world wooden charm and replace it with the plastic and concrete slabs of progress. Judge Martin

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Boardwalk Photo Shoot Opens Mind Of Globe-Trekking Photographer

Globe-trekking photographer Samm Blake captures the joy and beauty of Coney Island and Brighton Beach in a recent photo essay on her blog, For the Art and Adventure [http://www.fortheartandadventure.com/travel/brighton-beach-coney-island]. Reflecting on life, courage, and her own artistic pursuits, Blake shares her beautiful photography and discusses

boardwalks

Photos: Mermaid Day Parade 2012 [NSFW]

Southern Brooklyn’s most bizzare, colorful and apparel-eschewing festival, the Mermaid Parade, celebrated its 30th year in 2012, with thousands of revelers descending upon Coney Island for the event. Mermen, lady pirates, sailors and strippers snaked down Surf Avenue, rounded West 10th Street, and back over the Riegelmann Boardwalk, flashing

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Hearing Postponed, As Parks Continues Push For Concrete Walk In Coney Island

The January 30 hearing for the Parks Department’s plan on converting the Coney Island Boardwalk into concrete has been moved to February 21, says Amusing the Zillion [http://amusingthezillion.com/2012/01/20/jan-30-nyc-design-commission-to-meet-again-on-coney-island-concretewalk/] . “I just received an e-mail from the Parks Department’s liaison to the Design Commission

Coney Island boardwalk

The New Concrete “Boardwalk” Is Already Cracking

THE COMMUTE [/tag/the-commute/]: This week’s Commute is for those of you who walk or run on the Riegelmann Boardwalk, which is in danger of extinction as we know it. The latest proposal calls for a 12-foot wide concrete strip for motorized vehicles, yielding to opposition from those who